• 1578th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 37 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Mu4)surname Mu
2. (mu4)to herd • to breed livestock • to govern (old) • government official (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mu4)The component is pronounced as '' (pu1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

牧场 (牧場)
牧师 (牧師)

Uncommon

牧歌 
牧民 
牧童 
牧羊 
牧羊人 
牧草 
牧马人 (牧馬人)
游牧 (遊牧)

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  • 787th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 200 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cǎo (cao3)grass • straw • manuscript • draft (of a document) • careless • rough • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
2. cào (cao4)variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

皮草 
草根 
草莓 

Uncommon

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
含羞草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
水草 
沾花惹草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
绿草 (綠草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草案 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
草菇 
草药 (草藥)
草酸 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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